Meaning of horse pill | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A medicinal pill which is very large in size and is therefore difficult for a person to swallow.
   humorous, idiomatic, mildly, sometimes
2. A fact, proposal, claim, etc. that is difficult to accept or believe.
   broadly, idiomatic
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see horse, pill: a pill for horses, sometimes a large one.

Examples

“I'm lucky enough to remember to take my horse pill, much less drop it into a glass and wait 45 minutes.”

“I do know that I feel better when I remember to take my multivitamin, iron and vitamin D supplements, and the occasional fish oil horse pill.”

“Even pro-Soviet Communists will find the Geneva accord a difficult horse pill to swallow.”

“Mac Carey, an aide to leading tax-cut crusaders in Congress, called the draft language in Reagan's radio speech "a horse pill. It's very difficult to swallow."”

“Officials know that if this year's budget is a bitter pill to swallow, next year's will be a bitter horse pill.”

“They need to swallow that big horse pill that is the West Virginia loss, forget about it and re-focus this week.”

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